CLASSROOM LANGUAGE-HAY

Classroom Language: The beginning of the lesson

1. Good morning
Good morning, everybody.
Good afternoon, everybody.
Hello, everyone.
Hello there, Huong.
2. How are you?
How are you today?
How are you getting on?
How`s life?
How are things with you?
Are you feeling better today, Lan?

3. Introductions
My name is Mr. Thang/ Mrs. Ngoc/ Ms Linh. I`m your new English teacher.
I`ll be teaching you English this year.
I`ve got five lessons with you each week.
4. Time to begin
Let`s begin our lesson now.
Is everybody ready to start?
I hope you are all ready for your English lesson.
I think we can start now.
Now we can get down to work.

5. Waiting to start
I`m waiting for you to be quiet.
We won`t start until everyone is quiet.
Stop talking and be quiet.
Settle down now so we can start.
6. Put your things away
Close your books.
Put your books away.
Pack your things away.

7. Register
Who is absent today?.
Who isn`t here today?
What`s the matter with Nam today?
What`s wrong with Jim today?
Why were you absent last Friday, Nam?
8. Late
Where have you been?
We started ten minutes ago. What have you been doing?.
Did you miss your bus?
Did you oversleep?
Don`t let it happen again.




Classroom Language: Simple instructions


Here are some common instructions which the class can easily understand:

Come in.
Go out.
Stand up.
Sit down.
Come to the front of the class.
Stand by your desks.
Put your hands up.
Put your hands down.
Hold your books/pens up.
Show me your pencil.

A number of instructions can be used at the beginning of a session, and as the semester continues:

Pay attention, everybody.
You need pencils/rulers.
We`ll learn how to ...
Are you ready?
Open your books at page ...
Turn to page ...
Look at activity five.
Listen to this tape.
Repeat after me.
Again, please.
Everybody ...
you have five minutes to do this.
Who`s next?
Like this, not like that.

A number of instructions can be used at the end of a session, and as the semester continues:

It`s time to finish.
Have you finished?
Let`s stop now.
Stop now.
Let`s check the answers.
Any questions?
Collect your work please.
Pack up your books.
Are your desks tidy?
Don`t forget to bring your ... tomorrow.

Instructions can also be sequenced:

First
Next
After that
Then
Finally

Comprehension language:

Are you ready?
Are you with me?
Are you OK?
OK so far?
Do you get it?
Do you understand?
Do you follow me?
What did you say?
One more time, please.
Say it again, please.
I don`t understand.
I don`t get it.
Like this?
Is this OK?

Classroom Language: The end of the lesson

1. Time to stop
It`s almost time to stop.
I`m afraid it`s time to finish now.
We`ll have to stop here.
There`s the bell. It`s time to stop.
That`s all for today. You can go now.
2. Not time to stop.
The bell hasn`t gone yet.
There are still two minutes to go.
We still have a couple ofminutes left.
The lesson doesn`t finish till five past.
Your watch must be fast.
We seem to have finished early.
We have an extra five minutes.
Sit quietly until the bell goes.

3. Wait a minute
Hang on a moment.
Just hold on a moment.
Stay where you are for a moment.
Just a moment, please.
One more thing before you go.
Back to your places.
4. Next time
We`ll do the rest of this chapter next time.
We`ll finish this exercise next lesson.
We`ve run out of time, so we`ll continue next lesson.
We`ll continue this chapter next Monday.

5. Homework
This is your homework for tonight.
Do exercise 10 on page 23 for your homework.
Prepare the next chapter for Monday.
There is no homework tonight.
Remember your homework.
Take a worksheet as you leave.
6. Goodbye
Goodbye, everyone.
See you again next Wednesday.
See you tomorrow afternoon.
See you in room